The Queensland Sangha Association Inc is an association of Buddhist monks and nuns (the Buddhist Sangha) incorporated in Queensland since 2007. Membership is open to all monks and nuns belonging to every tradition including Mahayana, Theravada and Vajrayana. There is no membership fee. House holders who support the Sangha may become members and carry out executive duties under the general direction of the Sangha. A committee of management is responsible for the operations of the association.
The association serves as a reference point for the public and the government in regard to Buddhism as a religion.
QSA provides a multitude of services to monks and nuns and to the institutions that look after them such as monasteries, nunneries and temples. Services are also available for all other Buddhist groups. The services currently being offered by the QSA include:
Research, education and training
Publications
Buddhist Chaplaincy Services
Development planning services
General advisory services
See further details for all of these under the Services section on this website.
QSA Newsletter
The QSA publishes a monthly email newsletter. Current and recent editions of this newsletter can be accessed under Activities>Current Activities on this website. To receive the QSA newsletter please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Buddhist Chaplains
Any individual or organization can request the services of a Buddhist Chaplain. Please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Code of Conduct for Buddhist Chaplains & the QSA’s Child and Youth Risk Management Strategies for Buddhist Chaplaincy Services can be found under Buddhist Chaplaincy Services on this website
Buddhist Counsellors
The profile of Dhamma teachers needs to be raised, strengthened, broadened, and consolidated to assist the small number of monks and nuns available. This would enable them to guide young people to lead happy and successful lives. It will also help them to guide youth along the spiritual path with confidence and conviction, assured of tangible results. Society will benefit from the skills of a new generation of youth, responsible citizens, who lead meaningful lives.
A new training program for Buddhist Counsellors has been floated. For details please another part of this website through Services-Educational services-Siddhartha Institute of Buddhism-List of Documents-Document 11.
Sangha Welfare Services to be Revived
Are you a Buddhist Monk or Nun? The Queensland Sangha Association is here to help if you are in need of anything. There may be people in the community who are interested in helping you. QSA would do its best to make your needs known to prospective helpers and to bring the parties together.
Please send your email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Requests will be treated confidentially.
Are these some of the items that you need? Or, you might need completely different things. QSA would like to know:
- Relics
- Statues
- Bodhi Trees
- Small machines and implements
- Robes
- Books (Mahayana, Tibetan and Theravada)
- Textiles (for making robes, bedding etc)
- Stationery
- Small goods
- Tinned or dry food items
A UNIFIED BASIC COURSE ON BUDDHISM FOR AUSTRALIANS
QSA is planning to conduct a basic course in Buddhism encompassing all traditions of Buddhism established in Australia. The idea is to allow an enquirer to get a basic idea of Buddhism and come to know where each is practiced in Australia.
DHAMMA AND ABHIDHAMMA COURSE (THERAVADA) SIB -013
LEVEL 10 -SENIOR
(PARTLY BASED ON THE INTERNATIONAL COURSE IN BUDDHISM RUN BY COLOMBO YMBA FOR OVER 100 YEARS IN MANY COUNTRIES)
PART (A) DHAMMA
1 A Selection of stanzas from Dhammapada
2 Buddhist Approach to Discerning the Truth
3 Selections from The History of Buddhism
4 The first discourse of the Buddha-The philosophy of Buddhism
5 The discourse on the triple gem and other connected discourses
6 The three characteristics of existence, worldly and spiritual interpretations
7 Dependent Origination Theory and Causation Theory
8 The four stages of Enlightenment, a worldly understanding
9 The thirty Seven Requisites of Enlightenment at a worldly level
PART (B) ABHIDHAMMA
1 Compendium of Doors (of the mind)
2 Compendium of Objects (contacted by the mind)
3 Compendium of Bases (of the mental process)
4 Compendium of the Cognitive Process
5 Compendium of the Process Freed (mental experience)
DELIVERY TECHNIQUE Zoom with recording as requested
SUITABLE FOR Dhamma teachers in temples
Future Dhamma teachers
Others interested in studying the Dhamma
COURSE FEE Free
COURSE MATERILS Free
MORE DETAILS Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Telephone R. Sarath-Chandra 07-3278 9021